This is the line of descent from Cozens Read’s daughter Elizabeth. I find I have a soft spot for her husband William, since I discovered that he was riding home on his horse from Ashendon to Chearsley and they found him dead in a ditch!! Poor chap, all alone. Did he fall from his horse? Have a heart attack? He was something like a special constable so was he set about by robbers? It’s all very intriguing!!

Descendants of Elizabeth READ (1749 – 1829)

Generation No. 1

1. ELIZABETH4 READ (COZENS3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1749 in Nether Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and died 1829 in Chearsley, Buckinghamshire. She married WILLIAM WOOD 24 Aug 1775 in Lower Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, son of RICHARD WOOD and ELIZABETH FREEMAN. He was born 1751 in Chearsley, Buckinghamshire, and died 1815 in Chearsley, Buckinghamshire.

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YOUR ANCESTORS

If you could see your ancestors
All standing in a row
Would you be proud of them
Or don't you really know?
Some strange discoveries are made
In climbing family trees
And some of them, you know
Do not particularly please!

If you could see your ancestors
All standing in a row
There might be some of them, perhaps
You wouldn't care to know
But here's another question, which
Requires a different view ...
If you could meet your ancestors
Would they be proud of you?(Author unknown)